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THE SEASON'S BARLEYS, 1958
Author(s) -
Barrington S.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1959.tb01422.x
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , crop , agronomy , spring (device) , new england , selection (genetic algorithm) , biology , geography , political science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , materials science , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , metallurgy
Winter sowings were characterized by the putting in of a greater proportion of Proctor than at the same time in the previous year, and this variety continues to increase in malting popularity, despite the fact that spring sowings of Proctor were rather less than in 1957; the total barley acreage at 2,438,000 was some 6% greater than in 1957. The exceptionally bad weather throughout the season presented especially difficult conditions for the farmers, resulting particularly in a late harvest and an overall crop of poor quality. Nevertheless, in England and Wales, careful selection appeared likely to yield some very useful barleys for malting with nitrogen contents distinctly lower than had been expected in some quarters. Conditions in Scotland had closely resembled those in England and Wales, but in Ireland results had been quite disastrous.